Date: 5/10/13 7:01 pm
From: <susiericc...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Fort Smallwood Park Hawkwatch Friday, May 10, 2013





Fort Smallwood Park
Pasadena, Maryland, USA

Daily Raptor Counts: May 10, 2013
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
Black Vulture 0 11 512
Turkey Vulture 45 163 6548
Osprey 10 37 483
Bald Eagle 5 24 99
Northern Harrier 3 4 63
Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 59 829
Cooper's Hawk 11 19 259
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 255
Broad-winged Hawk 16 28 142
Red-tailed Hawk 4 10 213
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 1
American Kestrel 0 1 272
Merlin 1 4 38
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 4
Unknown Accipiter 1 4 14
Unknown Buteo 0 2 8
Unknown Falcon 0 0 1
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 4 13
Mississippi Kite 0 2 2
Total: 116 374 9756

Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 9 hours
Official Counter Nancy Magnusson
Observers: George Thomas, Hal Wierenga, Mary Jane McMillan

Weather:
Partly to mostly cloudy; 63-83 degrees; fair to good visibility; winds started from the NNW, became calm, then became southwesterly and ended as SSE

Raptor Observations:
Nice all-around flight today.

Non-raptor Observations:
Solitary Sandpiper 7; Red-headed Woodpecker; Lincoln's Sparrow; Bobolink 3
Complete ebird list (87 species):� http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14065862



Report submitted by Sue Ricciardi ( <susiericc...> )
Fort Smallwood Park information may be found at: http://www.mdbirds.org/sites/mdsites/hawks/hawkwatch.html









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